OSB 11g: Conditional Branch value will not accept string Value

Question

OSB 11g 11.1.1.3.0 (OSB11_MAIN_GENERIC_100418.1323885)
When I edit a message flow and create a conditional branch I:
1. Enter an Xpath expression
2. Name the variable containing the XPath expression
3. Select an operator (=)
4. Enter a string value for Value: 'true'
5. Give the label a name (isMember)
6. Save my work
7. When I go back into the branch the 'true' value is gone and the Value field is blank.
If I enter a number it saves fine - only when I enter text with single quotes
is this a known bug?

Answer 1

Thank you, however I still think this is a bug because:
1. Version 10g training materials has this example as a lab exercise and says in particular 'make sure to place single quotes around the text string: 'true')
2. The documentation for 11g says to enter a value but does not say it cannot be a 'string'
3. If I don't enter any value for the value field, when I click Save it indicates an error -the field cannot be empty. When I place a numeric in the field(unquoted) I can save it and return to it and the numeric value is still there. If I enter a 'quoted string' I can save it but when I return to it, it is gone
4. If I enter the same information using the eclipse IDE I can see the 'quoted string' is saved and when I view it (not edit but view) in the web IDE (sbconsole) I can see the 'quoted string'. If I edit it the string disappears.
I will continue to test. While you may be correct and the intent is to accept only numerics, that does not make sense to me. Why not allow simple and fast conditional branching based on text string values in a message? I know I can use other mechanisms to achieve the same goal: a routing table would work also.
My point was the behavior of the UI implies a bug.
Edited by: jo**** on Nov 21, 2010 8:44 AM